BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4caa99476a5 DTSTART:20150415T030000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20150415T030000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development\, seventh session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Recent Developments in Commodity Markets and Policy Actions to Address the Impact on Commodity-Dependent Developing Countries\n\nExpected outcome \n\nThe discussion on these topics\, which will include presentat ions by national experts and experts from relevant international organizat ions and commodity bodies\, as well as representatives of the private sect or and civil society\, will serve to put into focus and inform UNCTAD memb er States on the salient developments in key commodity sectors and markets from a development perspective.\n\nThe discussion will provide a context for appraising the opportunities and challenges arising from new developme nts in the commodity markets and provide policy options for commodity-base d inclusive growth and sustainable development.\n\nTo facilitate the discu ssion\, the UNCTAD secretariat has prepared two background notes:\n\n\n\nR ecent developments and new challenges in commodity markets\, and policy op tions for commodity-based inclusive growth and sustainable development \n\ nThis background reviews recent developments in key commodity markets and analyses the factors that contributed to fluctuations in commodity prices in 2014. Imbalances between supply and demand are weighing prices down for most commodities in agricultural\, metals and ores and energy markets. Th is downward pressure was maintained throughout the year with short term fl uctuations. For some commodities\, prices stabilized towards the latter pa rt of the year and even recovered some of their losses.\n\nThese developme nts have significant impacts on commodity-dependent developing countries ( CDDCs)\, investors as well as farmers. UNCTAD therefore explores some poli cy issues relating to the recent developments in global commodity markets and provides recommendations that could help CDDCs to achieve sustainable development and inclusive growth. In particular\, policies and actions are suggested to address potential impacts of falling prices and mitigate exp osure to high price fluctuations. Also discussed are the recent debates on export restriction measures introduced by some commodity exporting countr ies.\n\n\nMitigating the negative impact of commodity markets on global fo od security\, and increasing Commodity-Dependent Developing Countries (CDD Cs) access to market intelligence\, financial resources\, and export marke ts: Policy actions \n\nCommodity markets over the past decade have been ch aracterized by high prices and heightened price volatility. By discussing commodity price fluctuations and reviewing major actions devised to mitiga te their adverse effects\, this note stresses that countries\, in particul ar the most vulnerable\, are still exposed to the vagaries of commodity pr ice fluctuations although price volatility has declined over the last thre e years. There is a need to improve existing options or continue exploring innovative ways to mitigate the adverse effects of price volatility\, at national\, regional and international levels.\n\nThe combination of techno logical progress\, expansion of global value chains\, rising South-South c ooperation\, and most recently\, the adoption of the Bali Package by WTO m ember countries\, provide new opportunities to address the persistent cons traints facing CDDCs in finance\, market intelligence and market access. S ound government policies and an innovative private sector are crucial to s eizing these opportunities and delivering positive development outcomes.\n \n\n\nObjectives of the meeting\n\nThe Meeting is expected to provide a fo rum for sharing country experiences with a view to identifying and impleme nting appropriate policies at the national\, regional and international le vels\; to addressing the impacts of the volatility of commodity prices on vulnerable groups\; and to helping commodity-dependent developing countrie s formulate sustainable and inclusive development strategies\, including t hose that promote value addition and economic diversification.\n\nThe Meet ing will identify the ways and means for these countries\, particularly th ose in Africa and least developed countries\, to maximize development bene fits from commodity production and trade\, including the promotion of dive rsification and the integration of natural resources policies into their n ational development strategies (Doha Mandate\, para. 31(i)).\n\nIn accorda nce with paragraph 56 (g) of the Doha Mandate\, it will share the experien ces of developing countries to achieve more sustainable and strengthened a gricultural production\, food security\, investment in agriculture and exp ort capacity\, taking into account the special needs of African countries\ , least developed countries and net food-importing developing countries\, as well as the needs of small-scale farmers. The Meeting also aims to focu s on the empowerment of women and youth.\n\nThe Meeting will generate less ons learned from those experiences and identify practical options and acti onable outcomes for addressing at the national\, regional and internationa l levels the opportunities and challenges of long-standing commodity trade and development issues. It will also review and evaluate the contribution of UNCTAD in assisting developing countries in the area of commodities.\n \nContributions from Experts\n\nExperts are encouraged to prepare and subm it brief papers (approximately five pages) related to one or more of the i ssues contained in the provisional agenda for the meeting and on issues re lating to their country'\;s experience.\n\nThese papers will be made a vailable at the meeting in the form and language in which they are receive d.\n<\;p class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nh ttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-year-expert-meeting-commodities-and-develo pment-seventh-session DTSTAMP:20260707T072825Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4caa99476f6 DTSTART:20150416T030000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20150416T030000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development\, seventh session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Recent Developments in Commodity Markets and Policy Actions to Address the Impact on Commodity-Dependent Developing Countries\n\nExpected outcome \n\nThe discussion on these topics\, which will include presentat ions by national experts and experts from relevant international organizat ions and commodity bodies\, as well as representatives of the private sect or and civil society\, will serve to put into focus and inform UNCTAD memb er States on the salient developments in key commodity sectors and markets from a development perspective.\n\nThe discussion will provide a context for appraising the opportunities and challenges arising from new developme nts in the commodity markets and provide policy options for commodity-base d inclusive growth and sustainable development.\n\nTo facilitate the discu ssion\, the UNCTAD secretariat has prepared two background notes:\n\n\n\nR ecent developments and new challenges in commodity markets\, and policy op tions for commodity-based inclusive growth and sustainable development \n\ nThis background reviews recent developments in key commodity markets and analyses the factors that contributed to fluctuations in commodity prices in 2014. Imbalances between supply and demand are weighing prices down for most commodities in agricultural\, metals and ores and energy markets. Th is downward pressure was maintained throughout the year with short term fl uctuations. For some commodities\, prices stabilized towards the latter pa rt of the year and even recovered some of their losses.\n\nThese developme nts have significant impacts on commodity-dependent developing countries ( CDDCs)\, investors as well as farmers. UNCTAD therefore explores some poli cy issues relating to the recent developments in global commodity markets and provides recommendations that could help CDDCs to achieve sustainable development and inclusive growth. In particular\, policies and actions are suggested to address potential impacts of falling prices and mitigate exp osure to high price fluctuations. Also discussed are the recent debates on export restriction measures introduced by some commodity exporting countr ies.\n\n\nMitigating the negative impact of commodity markets on global fo od security\, and increasing Commodity-Dependent Developing Countries (CDD Cs) access to market intelligence\, financial resources\, and export marke ts: Policy actions \n\nCommodity markets over the past decade have been ch aracterized by high prices and heightened price volatility. By discussing commodity price fluctuations and reviewing major actions devised to mitiga te their adverse effects\, this note stresses that countries\, in particul ar the most vulnerable\, are still exposed to the vagaries of commodity pr ice fluctuations although price volatility has declined over the last thre e years. There is a need to improve existing options or continue exploring innovative ways to mitigate the adverse effects of price volatility\, at national\, regional and international levels.\n\nThe combination of techno logical progress\, expansion of global value chains\, rising South-South c ooperation\, and most recently\, the adoption of the Bali Package by WTO m ember countries\, provide new opportunities to address the persistent cons traints facing CDDCs in finance\, market intelligence and market access. S ound government policies and an innovative private sector are crucial to s eizing these opportunities and delivering positive development outcomes.\n \n\n\nObjectives of the meeting\n\nThe Meeting is expected to provide a fo rum for sharing country experiences with a view to identifying and impleme nting appropriate policies at the national\, regional and international le vels\; to addressing the impacts of the volatility of commodity prices on vulnerable groups\; and to helping commodity-dependent developing countrie s formulate sustainable and inclusive development strategies\, including t hose that promote value addition and economic diversification.\n\nThe Meet ing will identify the ways and means for these countries\, particularly th ose in Africa and least developed countries\, to maximize development bene fits from commodity production and trade\, including the promotion of dive rsification and the integration of natural resources policies into their n ational development strategies (Doha Mandate\, para. 31(i)).\n\nIn accorda nce with paragraph 56 (g) of the Doha Mandate\, it will share the experien ces of developing countries to achieve more sustainable and strengthened a gricultural production\, food security\, investment in agriculture and exp ort capacity\, taking into account the special needs of African countries\ , least developed countries and net food-importing developing countries\, as well as the needs of small-scale farmers. The Meeting also aims to focu s on the empowerment of women and youth.\n\nThe Meeting will generate less ons learned from those experiences and identify practical options and acti onable outcomes for addressing at the national\, regional and internationa l levels the opportunities and challenges of long-standing commodity trade and development issues. It will also review and evaluate the contribution of UNCTAD in assisting developing countries in the area of commodities.\n \nContributions from Experts\n\nExperts are encouraged to prepare and subm it brief papers (approximately five pages) related to one or more of the i ssues contained in the provisional agenda for the meeting and on issues re lating to their country'\;s experience.\n\nThese papers will be made a vailable at the meeting in the form and language in which they are receive d.\n<\;p class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nh ttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-year-expert-meeting-commodities-and-develo pment-seventh-session DTSTAMP:20260707T072825Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR